Cuitláhuac metro station

Cuitláhuac is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Colonia Popotla and Colonia San Álvaro districts in the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, to the northwest of the city center. It lies along Line 2.<ref name="metro">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="archambault">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 18,615 passengers per day.<ref name=passnrank19/>

Name and pictogram

The station's name comes from nearby Avenida Cuitláhuac, an avenue named in honor of Cultlahuanctzin (whose name was later changed into Spanish language as "Cuitláhuac"). He was the tenth, and penultimate, Aztec emperor and the one who defeated Hernán Cortés in the Battle of La Noche Triste ("Sad Night") in 1520. The station pictogram depicts an Aztec battle shield.<ref name="metro"/><ref name="archambault"/>

General information

The station was opened on 14 September 1970 as part of the second stretch of Line 2, from Pino Suárez to Tacuba.<ref name="monroy_history">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Metro Cuitláhuac is also close to Avenida México-Tacuba, one of the most important avenues in the city built on the former route of one of Tenochtitláns three main avenues into the mainland. The station also connects with trolleybus Line "I", which runs between Metro El Rosario and Metro Chapultepec.

The station serves the Popotla and San Álvaro neighborhoods.

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	5,244,830	14,369	88/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	4,750,532	13,015	90/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-23/>
2021	3,213,123	8,803	103/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020	3,796,707	10,373	96/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019	6,794,715	18,615	95/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	6,819,391	18,863	92/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2017	6,732,158	18,444	92/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	7,010,603	19,154	90/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2015	7,103,440	19,461	92/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2014	7,228,431	19,803	91/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Exits

• South: Calzada México-Tacuba and Avenida Cuitláhuac, Popotla
• North: Calzada México-Tacuba and Avenida Cuitláhuac, Colonia San Álvaro